Detroit rapper, Sean Anderson known as Big Sean comes back in 2013 with his sophomore album as hungry as ever to be the greatest.

Hall of Fame was released with four singles to promote the album that include “Guap,” “Switch Up” featuring Chicago rapper Common, lead single “Beware” featuring Lil Wayne and Jhene Aiko and finally “Fire” to which there is also a music video. The track “Control” featuring Kendrick Lamar and Jay Electronica was released for free by Sean. The track received a lot of attention due to Lamar’s verses calling out almost every mainstream rapper including Big Sean although also praising some.

Sean’s raps range from talking about Detroit’s bankruptcy to old girlfriends.

He made sure you remembered his verses such as, ”Yeah, I got a brand new Benz, Crazy right, brand new Benz, Got less miles on it than I do friends.” Hall of Fame is much different from Big Sean’s last album, Finally Famous, as Sean has grown as an MC and a person.

Production on the album was not a disappointment as Big Sean brought producer Key Wane from his hometown of Detroit that was credited with 7 out of the 18 tracks including deluxe tracks. Chicago legend No I.D. who was also Kanye West’s mentor, was credited with 8 of the 18 tracks where he brought the old school feel of Hip-Hop into Sean’s album. Other producers that contributed include Travi$ Scott, Da Internz, Xaphoon Jones, Hey DJ, Million $ Mano and Mike Dean.

The album starts off with the track, “Nothing is Stopping You” where Sean describes himself in the past having to work hard to get recognized and wanting to be “Finally Famous.” Big Sean also tells us how hard he now works in the track “10 2 10” where he tells us he works from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day. On “Mona Lisa” Sean takes us to his love life with a “trap” beat that can get anybody pumped up even though you may not relate with his lyrics. There are also some old school feel hip-hop tracks on Hall of Fame such as “Sierra Leone,” “World Ablaze” featuring James Fauntleroy. “Ashley” featuring Miguel is about Sean’s old girlfriend, and “All Figured Out” is about his friends and family. Other tracks on the album include, “Toyota Music,” “You Don’t Know,” “First Chain” featuring Nas and Kid Cudi, and finally, “It’s Time” featuring Jeezy and Payroll.

Critics rated Sean’s Hall of Fame with ratings ranging from average to very good. Critics such as, Exclaim, Metacritic, and Spin gave Hall of Fame a rating of seven out of 10 while XXL and The Source magazines gave it four out of five stars.

Sean has kept busy by touring on Kid Cudi’s “The Cud Life Tour.” He will also be featured on almost every one of the tour dates alongside Logic and Tyler, The Creator.

Although Hall of Fame only sold about 72,000 records on the first week it was sold in stores, there are a few tracks for everyone because of the variety of features and beats. You won’t be disappointed with some of the catchy hooks, 808 kick drums and classic piano keys featured in this album.